Washboiler-drainer.



PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907.

' M. L. MACE. YVASHBOILER DRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. 1907.-

MAY LILLIAN MACE, OE PORTLAND, OREGON.

wAsHBoILER-DRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907,

Application filed M-ay 16,1907. $erial No. 373,940.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, l\lAY LILLIAN MAen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washboiler- Drainers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others, skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in drainers for use upon wash boilers, and conthis nature comprising a cup-shaped receptacle open at one end and provided with an open bottom adapted to lit upon the rim of the boiler and held in place thereon by means of hooks formed at the ends of rods which are adapted to support the clothes while being drained.

The invention consists in various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

1 illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the drainer, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the manner of engagement of the hooks with the rim of the boiler.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a boiler having a beaded rim A of the usual construction, and G designates the wall of my improved clothes draining device, which wall is made preferably of metal of any suitable kind, the edge of which is turned into a beading, thereby reinforcing the same. Said wall is of substantially horse-shoe shape in outline and adapted to conform to the contour of the boiler upon which it is adapted to rest. The central and lower portion of the wall forming the draining receptacle is cut away as at D and the wall surrounding the cut away portion is preferably concaved and outwardly flaring.

E, E designate a series of rods which are fastened to the bottom of said draining receptacle parallel with one another and the end of each rod is turned into a hook IE. Straps F are fastened to the under surface of said receptacle and adapted to hold the rods in place. The hooks at the ends of said rods are adapted to engage over the beading at the upper marginal edge of the boiler to hold the same in place thereon. A stop H projects from the bottom of said receptacle adjacent to the outer marginal end thereof and adapted to contact with the end of the boiler to limit the movement of the receptacle in one direction.

The application and operation of my invention will be readily understood. By simply placing the receptacle upon the upper marginal edge of the boiler and causing the hooks to engage the beaded rim thereof, the device will be in readiness to receive clothes which are placed therein and supported by the parallel rods and also by the Wall of the receptacle supporting said rods. The upper surface of the receptacle being concaved will allow water to readily drain from the receptacle.

What I claim is z- 1. A clothes draining device for wash boilers comprising a receptacle having a series of rods positioned across the opening in the bottom thereof, the ends of said rods formed into hooks adapted to engage over the beaded edge of a boiler, as set forth.

2-. A clothes draining device for Wash boilers comprising a receptacle having a series of rods positioned across the opening in the bottom thereof, the ends of said rods formed into hooks adapted to engage over the beaded edge of a boiler, and means for limiting the movement of the drainer upon a boiler, as set forth.

3. A clothes draining device for wash boilers comprising a receptacle having a series of rods positioned across the opening in the bottom thereof, the ends of said rods formed into hooks adapted to engage over the beaded edge of a boiler, and a projection upon the under surface of the drainer adapted to contact with the end of the boiler to limit the movement of the drainer, as set forth.

4. A clothes drainer comprising a receptacle of substantially U-shape and concaved upon its upper surface, a series of rods fastened in parallel relation to one another across the opening in the bottom of the receptacle, each rod terminating in a hook MAY LILLIAN MACE.

Witnesses ANNA L. MORGAN, PHIL. HERZ. 

